Story Points have been one of the favorite method of estimation in the Agile circles (even if there is a group that ditched them altogether in favor of micro-sizing or continuous flow). But somehow they are a concept that is difficult to grasp to some, specially those entrenched in the Gantt field. The truth is that planning with Story Points is no much different than planning in hours, if we were planning properly (ie, using ranges or estimates, adding buffers to the critical chain and at the end of the proyect, etc,etc,etc).
Continue reading Story Points as an Abstraction for Estimation.
